The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 922
CH. 42 ASH-SHŪRĀ PT. 25 فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلكِنْ يُنَزِّلُ بِقَدَرٍ مَّا يَشَاءُ ;they would rebel in the earth "but He sends down according to a proper measure as He pleases. Indeed, He is All- Aware and All-Seeing of the condition of His servants. إِنَّهُ بِعِبَادِهِ خَبِيرٌ بَصِيرٌ وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ مِنْ بَعْدِهَا And He it is Who sends. 29 قَنَطُوا وَ يَنْشُرُ رَحْمَتَهُ وَهُوَ الْوَلِيُّ despaired, and spreads out His الْحَمِيدُ down rain after they have mercy. And He is the Protector, the Praiseworthy. وَمِنْ أَيْتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَوتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا And among His Signs is the. 30 creation of the heavens and the بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِنْ دَابَّةٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى earth, and of whatever living creatures He has spread forth in both. And He has the power to gather them together whenever He pleases. 3622 C R. 4. جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاءُ قَدِيرُن وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِّنْ مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ And whatever misfortune. 31 befalls you, is due to what your 3622. Commentary: "15:22. 30:34; 31:35. 30:23. d4:80. The verse embodies a unique testimony to the Divine origin of the Quran. It was not possible for any human being, much less for an unlettered son of the desert, to say, as far back as 1400 years ago, when the science of astronomy was yet in its infancy, that apart from our planet, life in some form or other existed in heavenly bodies. It was reserved for the Quran to disclose this great and marvellous scientific truth as the words of this verse, viz. "Whatever living creatures He has spread forth in both," show. Indeed the creation of the heavens and the earth and what living creatures exist in them and the wonderful order that pervades the whole universe constitute an infallible testimony to the knowledge and power of God the Almighty Who has revealed the Quran and Who would bring together the creatures of the heavens and the earth whenever in His infallible wisdom He would deem fit. The reference in the last sentence of the verse may be to the 2836